When the microphone switches on, some people freeze. They can’t think of a thing to say. But Terence Blanchard relaxes.
Blanchard does some of his best thinking in front of a microphone and he’s impatient to get his ideas recorded. That might explain why he is so prolific and why he is so good.
Terence Blanchard is a multi-Grammy winning trumpeter and composer. He is comfortable in jazz and orchestral music, as a side man or as the main attraction. He also shines playing bossa nova, mambos and gospel. Blanchard has released dozens of albums and appeared on more than fifty movie soundtracks.
In 2013 he released a CD of original music, called Magnetic (which has earned him a Grammy nod this year.) And just a few weeks later, Opera Theater of St. Louis unveiled Terence Blanchard’s first opera in jazz, “Champion.”
